public class Solution {
    public ListNode mergeKLists(ListNode[] lists) {
        int n = lists.length;
        if (n == 0) {
            return null;
        }
        ListNode cur = lists[0];
        for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
            cur = mergeList(cur, lists[i]);
        }
        return cur;
    }

    private ListNode mergeList(ListNode list1, ListNode list2) {
        if (list1 == null || list2 == null) {
            return list1 == null ? list2 : list1;
        }
        ListNode head = new ListNode(0);
        ListNode cur = head;
        while (list1 != null && list2 != null) {
            if (list1.val < list2.val) {
                cur.next = list1;
                list1 = list1.next;
            } else {
                cur.next = list2;
                list2 = list2.next;
            }
            cur = cur.next;
        }
        if (list1 != null) {
            cur.next = list1;
        }
        if (list2 != null) {
            cur.next = list2;
        }
        return head.next;
    }

}

class ListNode {
    int val;
    ListNode next;

    ListNode() {
    }

    ListNode(int val) {
        this.val = val;
    }

    ListNode(int val, ListNode next) {
        this.val = val;
        this.next = next;
    }
}